Mustaq qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978 and started his own practice, M Brey & Associates, which became the largest black auditing practice in the country and later merged with Ernst & Young. He serves on a number of listed and unlisted companies’ boards and on several audit committees. Mustaq is active in his community and has set up various community development structures.

Francois Paul Kuttel (48)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

BAA (University of San Diego)

Number of years' service – 7

On graduation, Francois joined his family’s US-based fishing operations. He returned to South Africa in 1995 as managing director of Namibian Sea Products. He was chief executive officer of I&J for three years prior to being appointed to the Oceana board as chief executive officer in 2009.

Imraan Soomra (42)

GROUP FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

BCompt (Hons) (Wits), CA(SA), PLD Harvard Business School

Appointed to the board in 2013

Imraan is an experienced chartered accountant and has worked in a diverse set of industries during the course of this career. From 2003 until 2010, he worked with MultiChoice as head of channels of SuperSport International, and financial director of M-Net and SuperSport. He held the position of financial director of Netcare Limited’s Hospital Division from 2010 to 2013.

Non-executive directors

4. Zarina BibiMahomed Bassa (51)

5. Peter Gerard de Beyer (60)

6. Noel Patrick Doyle (50)

7. Geoff Fortuin (49)

Zarina Bibi Mahomed Bassa (51)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BAcc and Dip Acc (UDW), CA(SA)

Appointed to the board in 2011

Executive chairperson of Songhai Capital Proprietary Limited

Zarina sits on several boards, including Kumba Iron Ore, Vodacom South Africa, Sun International, Investec, Senwes, the Financial Services Board and Woolworths Holdings. Zarina was executive director responsible for private banking at Absa and was a Partner at Ernst & Young prior to that. Zarina was named Top Woman in Business at the Top Women in Business and Government awards in 2007 and Top Business Personality in Financial Services: Banking in 2008.

Peter Gerard de Beyer (60)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BBusSc (Cape Town), FASSA

Appointed to the board in 2008

Director of companies

Peter joined Old Mutual in 1978, was appointed deputy managing director of Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) in 2000, and retired in November 2008. He sits on a number of boards, including Real People Investment Holdings and certain Old Mutual Group subsidiary companies. Peter is a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

Geoff Fortuin (49)

Independent Non-Executive Director

B.Com, B.Com Acc Hons (Western Cape), CA (SA), RAA

Appointed to the board in 2016

Geoff is a chartered accountant and was a partner at Deloitte & Touche for 15 years, during which time he was responsible for the audit of a number of South African listed companies. He was also a member of the Deloitte South Africa Board. Geoff is currently the financial director of Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited and serves on the board of Quantum Foods Holdings Limited. He was appointed to the board on 20 May 2016.

Noel Patrick Doyle (50)

Non-Executive Director

FCS, CA(SA)

Appointed to the board in 2013

Noel qualified as an accountant in Ireland in 1988, and joined Price Waterhouse in Johannesburg in 1989, where he worked for six years serving clients predominantly in the hotel and financial services sector. In 1995, he joined Southern Sun in a financial role and left Southern Sun in 1998 to join Tiger Brands as corporate financial services director. He was appointed to the Tiger Board in 2006 and in addition to his role as chief financial officer he was responsible for IT, Investor Relations Tiger Brands’ fishing interests. Noel left Tiger Brands in 2008. After serving as chief executive officer of diversified Motor Group Bluespec Holdings for a year, Noel joined Nando’s as chief executive officer of the Southern African business in 2009. He re-joined Tiger Brands in July 2012 as business executive responsible for the grains portfolio.

8. Lawrence MacDougall (61)

9. Saamsoodein Pather (65)

10. Nomahlubi Victoria Simamane (56)

Lawrence MacDougall (61)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Appointed to the board in 2016

Lawrence was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 13 July 2016. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brands Limited since his appointment in March 2016. Prior to joining Tiger Brands, Lawrence served as the President of Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa at Mondelez International, from November 2012 to March 2016 after his role as the Executive Vice President. Lawrence has held numerous leadership positions in the FMCG Industry.

Saamsoodein Pather (65)

LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

BBusSc, BCom (Hons), MBA (Cape Town)

Appointed to the board in 1996

lead independent director

Director of companies

Since graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1973, Shams has been actively involved in investment management, which has included senior executive functions at Colonial Mutual Assurance Company, Southern Life and Real Africa Holdings. He is currently a director of Coronation Fund Managers and Lungisa Investment Holdings.

Nomahlubi Victoria Simamane (56)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BSc (Hons): UBS – Botswana

Appointed to the board in 2009

Chief executive officer of Zanusi Brand Solutions (Pty) Limited

Nomahlubi graduated as a biochemist. She worked for Unilever for 12 years, and was marketing director of British American Tobacco for five years. In 1999, she was appointed managing director of BLGK Bates. Nomahlubi sits on several boards, including that of the JSE-listed Cashbuild and Foschini Group. She was the 2009 winner of the Top Businesswoman of the Year Award in the National Business Awards run by Topco Media, and was named the BBQ's Businesswoman of the Year at the 2009 Black Business Awards.

Information as at 30 September 2016

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Oceana Group Limited

1. Francois Paul Kuttel (48)

2. Imraan Soomra (42)

3. Nomaxabiso Norma Teyise (37)

Francois Paul Kuttel (48)

Chief Executive OfficerOceana Group

BAA (University of San Diego)

Number of years' service - 7

On graduation, Francois joined his family's US-based fishing operations. He returned to South Africa in 1995 as managing director of Namibian Sea Products. He was chief executive officer of I&J for three years prior to being appointed to the Oceana board as chief executive officer in 2009.

Imraan Soomra (42)

Group Financial Director

BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), PLD Harvard Business School

Number of years' service - 3

Imraan is an experienced chartered accountant who has worked in a diverse set of industries during the course of his career. He held the position of financial director of Netcare Limited’s Hospital Division from 2010 to 2013 and was previously with MultiChoice from 2003 until 2010, as head of channels at SuperSport International as well as financial director of M-Net and SuperSport.

Nomaxabiso Norma Teyise (37)

Group Human Resources ExecutiveOceana Group

Number of years' service - 1

Nomaxabiso graduated with a postgraduate degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 1999. She has worked both as an HR generalist and specialist in the banking sector since the year 2000. The companies she has worked for include Standard Bank, Deutsche Bank and Nedbank. She was a Human Resources Executive at Nedbank from 2012 to 2015 before joining Oceana.

Africa Operations

4. Bonga Derrick Mavume (42)

5. Lourens de Waal (50)

6. Suleiman Salie (49)

7. Neville Donovan Brink (56)

Bonga Derrick Mavume (42)

Managing ExecutiveAfrica operations

BSc (Hons) University of Fort Hare; MBA University of Stellenbosch

Number of years' service – 1 year

Bonga brings a wealth of experience to his new role as Oceana Group’s Managing Executive of Africa Operations, having previously held key positions in a number of other leading South African companies including; Director of Business Development at RCL Foods, Manging Director of Foodcorp Sunbake Bakeries and Agricultural Director at Rainbow Chicken.

Bonga graduated from Fort Hare University in 1997 with honours in a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture before completing a MBA at the University of Stellenbosch.

Lourens de Waal (50)

Managing director

HND in Cost & Management Accounting (CapeTech)

Lucky Star Marketing and Sales

Number of years' service – 4

Lourens worked for I&J from 1994 to 2000 as the administration manager and then national & export distribution manager. He joined Vector in 2000, holding the position of general manager for sales and distribution while it was part of the I&J business and was then appointed as customer and supply chain director at Vector Logistics in 2007. Lourens attended the Executive Development Programme of UCT & Michigan University and is a member of several international industry bodies. He joined Oceana on 1 December 2011.

Suleiman Salie (49)

Managing directorLucky Star Operations

BSc Mech Eng (Cape Town)

Number of years' service – 6

Suleiman graduated in 1989 and joined I&J in 1990 as a graduate engineer. After progressing into management positions in the engineering and production disciplines of I&J's processing plants, he was appointed operations director in 2004. In this position, which he held until 2010, he provided strategic leadership to I&J's fishing operations. He represents Oceana on a number of fishing industry associations.

Neville Donovan Brink (56)

Managing directorBlue Continent Products

Number of years' service – 21

Neville obtained his marketing qualifications with the Institute of Marketing Management in Johannesburg. He worked in various marketing and sales positions at Adcock Ingram, before moving to Federal Marine, and then Oceana as marketing director of the Oceana Fishing Division. Neville was appointed managing director of Oceana Lobster and Calamari Fishing in 2005 and assumed the position of managing director of Blue Continent Products from 1 February 2011.

8. Jayesh Jaga (46)

9. Naudé Rademan (36)

Jayesh Jaga (46)

Managing DirectorOceana Lobster and Squid

BA LLB (University of Western Cape)

Number of years' service – 14

Jayesh has been employed within the Oceana Group for the past 14 years and has held various managerial positions namely that of Commercial Manager for BCP, Commercial Director for Lobster and Squid and International New Business Manager for Lucky Star. His most recent position was that of Group Compliance and Risk Manager. He has experience and knowledge in the fishing industry through his portfolios in commercial, legal, new business development, compliance, and risk.

Naudé Rademan (38)

Managing directorCCS Logistics

Number of years' service – 2

Naudé has been working in the Logistics and Supply Chain industry for the last 12 years, he was previously the General Manager of Value Logistics, responsible for the Western Cape and Namibian operations. Prior to this, he was the General Manager at Vector Logistics, responsible for the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Namibian operations. A position he held for 5 years. He holds an Economic and Logistics Degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He joined Oceana on 3 November 2014.

USA Operations

10. Gavin Andrew Rhodes‑Harrison (63)

Gavin Andrew Rhodes-Harrison (63)

PresidentDaybrook Fisheries

BSc Bldg Mgmt (UND)

Number of years' service – 16

On graduation, Gavin held various managerial and senior leadership positions in project management, specialised engineering and construction and general management. Gavin joined the Oceana Fishing Division in 1999 and was appointed managing director of Oceana Operations in 2002 and of Lucky Star in 2005.

Information as at 30 September 2016

1. Mustaq Ahmed Brey (62)

CHAIRMAN

CA(SA)

Appointed to the board in 1995

Non-executive director

Chief executive officer of Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited

Mustaq qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1978 and started his own practice, M Brey & Associates, which became the largest black auditing practice in the country and later merged with Ernst & Young. He serves on a number of listed and unlisted companies’ boards and on several audit committees. Mustaq is active in his community and has set up various community development structures.

2. Francois Paul Kuttel (48)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

BAA (University of San Diego)

Number of years' service – 7

On graduation, Francois joined his family’s US-based fishing operations. He returned to South Africa in 1995 as managing director of Namibian Sea Products. He was chief executive officer of I&J for three years prior to being appointed to the Oceana board as chief executive officer in 2009.

3. Imraan Soomra (42)

GROUP FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

BCompt (Hons) (Wits), CA(SA), PLD Harvard Business School

Appointed to the board in 2013

Imraan is an experienced chartered accountant and has worked in a diverse set of industries during the course of this career. From 2003 until 2010, he worked with MultiChoice as head of channels of SuperSport International, and financial director of M-Net and SuperSport. He held the position of financial director of Netcare Limited’s Hospital Division from 2010 to 2013.

Non-executive directors

4. Zarina BibiMahomed Bassa (51)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BAcc and Dip Acc (UDW), CA(SA)

Appointed to the board in 2011

Executive chairperson of Songhai Capital Proprietary Limited

Zarina sits on several boards, including Kumba Iron Ore, Vodacom South Africa, Sun International, Investec, Senwes, the Financial Services Board and Woolworths Holdings. Zarina was executive director responsible for private banking at Absa and was a Partner at Ernst & Young prior to that. Zarina was named Top Woman in Business at the Top Women in Business and Government awards in 2007 and Top Business Personality in Financial Services: Banking in 2008.

5. Peter Gerard de Beyer (60)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BBusSc (Cape Town), FASSA

Appointed to the board in 2008

Director of companies

Peter joined Old Mutual in 1978, was appointed deputy managing director of Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (South Africa) in 2000, and retired in November 2008. He sits on a number of boards, including Real People Investment Holdings and certain Old Mutual Group subsidiary companies. Peter is a fellow of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

6. Noel Patrick Doyle (50)

Non-Executive Director

FCS, CA(SA)

Appointed to the board in 2013

Noel qualified as an accountant in Ireland in 1988, and joined Price Waterhouse in Johannesburg in 1989, where he worked for six years serving clients predominantly in the hotel and financial services sector. In 1995, he joined Southern Sun in a financial role and left Southern Sun in 1998 to join Tiger Brands as corporate financial services director. He was appointed to the Tiger Board in 2006 and in addition to his role as chief financial officer he was responsible for IT, Investor Relations Tiger Brands’ fishing interests. Noel left Tiger Brands in 2008. After serving as chief executive officer of diversified Motor Group Bluespec Holdings for a year, Noel joined Nando’s as chief executive officer of the Southern African business in 2009. He re-joined Tiger Brands in July 2012 as business executive responsible for the grains portfolio.

7. Geoff Fortuin (49)

Independent Non-Executive Director

B.Com, B.Com Acc Hons (Western Cape), CA (SA), RAA

Appointed to the board in 2016

Geoff is a chartered accountant and was a partner at Deloitte & Touche for 15 years, during which time he was responsible for the audit of a number of South African listed companies. He was also a member of the Deloitte South Africa Board. Geoff is currently the financial director of Brimstone Investment Corporation Limited and serves on the board of Quantum Foods Holdings Limited. He was appointed to the board on 20 May 2016.

8. Lawrence MacDougall (61)

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Appointed to the board in 2016

Lawrence was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 13 July 2016. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Brands Limited since his appointment in March 2016. Prior to joining Tiger Brands, Lawrence served as the President of Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa at Mondelez International, from November 2012 to March 2016 after his role as the Executive Vice President. Lawrence has held numerous leadership positions in the FMCG Industry.

9. Saamsoodein Pather (65)

LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

BBusSc, BCom (Hons), MBA (Cape Town)

Appointed to the board in 1996

lead independent director

Director of companies

Since graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1973, Shams has been actively involved in investment management, which has included senior executive functions at Colonial Mutual Assurance Company, Southern Life and Real Africa Holdings. He is currently a director of Coronation Fund Managers and Lungisa Investment Holdings.

10. Nomahlubi Victoria Simamane (56)

Independent Non-Executive Director

BSc (Hons): UBS – Botswana

Appointed to the board in 2009

Chief executive officer of Zanusi Brand Solutions (Pty) Limited

Nomahlubi graduated as a biochemist. She worked for Unilever for 12 years, and was marketing director of British American Tobacco for five years. In 1999, she was appointed managing director of BLGK Bates. Nomahlubi sits on several boards, including that of the JSE-listed Cashbuild and Foschini Group. She was the 2009 winner of the Top Businesswoman of the Year Award in the National Business Awards run by Topco Media, and was named the BBQ's Businesswoman of the Year at the 2009 Black Business Awards.

Oceana Group Limited

1. Francois Paul Kuttel (48)

Chief Executive OfficerOceana Group

BAA (University of San Diego)

Number of years' service - 7

On graduation, Francois joined his family's US-based fishing operations. He returned to South Africa in 1995 as managing director of Namibian Sea Products. He was chief executive officer of I&J for three years prior to being appointed to the Oceana board as chief executive officer in 2009.

2. Imraan Soomra (42)

Group Financial Director

BCompt (Hons), CA(SA), PLD Harvard Business School

Number of years' service - 3

Imraan is an experienced chartered accountant who has worked in a diverse set of industries during the course of his career. He held the position of financial director of Netcare Limited’s Hospital Division from 2010 to 2013 and was previously with MultiChoice from 2003 until 2010, as head of channels at SuperSport International as well as financial director of M-Net and SuperSport.

3. Nomaxabiso Norma Teyise (37)

Group Human Resources ExecutiveOceana Group

Number of years' service - 1

Nomaxabiso graduated with a postgraduate degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 1999. She has worked both as an HR generalist and specialist in the banking sector since the year 2000. The companies she has worked for include Standard Bank, Deutsche Bank and Nedbank. She was a Human Resources Executive at Nedbank from 2012 to 2015 before joining Oceana.

Africa Operations

4. Bonga Derrick Mavume (42)

Managing ExecutiveAfrica operations

BSc (Hons) University of Fort Hare; MBA University of Stellenbosch

Number of years' service – 1 year

Bonga brings a wealth of experience to his new role as Oceana Group’s Managing Executive of Africa Operations, having previously held key positions in a number of other leading South African companies including; Director of Business Development at RCL Foods, Manging Director of Foodcorp Sunbake Bakeries and Agricultural Director at Rainbow Chicken.

Bonga graduated from Fort Hare University in 1997 with honours in a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture before completing a MBA at the University of Stellenbosch.

5. Lourens de Waal (50)

Managing director

HND in Cost & Management Accounting (CapeTech)

Lucky Star Marketing and Sales

Number of years' service – 4

Lourens worked for I&J from 1994 to 2000 as the administration manager and then national & export distribution manager. He joined Vector in 2000, holding the position of general manager for sales and distribution while it was part of the I&J business and was then appointed as customer and supply chain director at Vector Logistics in 2007. Lourens attended the Executive Development Programme of UCT & Michigan University and is a member of several international industry bodies. He joined Oceana on 1 December 2011.

6. Suleiman Salie (49)

Managing directorLucky Star Operations

BSc Mech Eng (Cape Town)

Number of years' service – 6

Suleiman graduated in 1989 and joined I&J in 1990 as a graduate engineer. After progressing into management positions in the engineering and production disciplines of I&J's processing plants, he was appointed operations director in 2004. In this position, which he held until 2010, he provided strategic leadership to I&J's fishing operations. He represents Oceana on a number of fishing industry associations.

7. Neville Donovan Brink (56)

Managing directorBlue Continent Products

Number of years' service – 21

Neville obtained his marketing qualifications with the Institute of Marketing Management in Johannesburg. He worked in various marketing and sales positions at Adcock Ingram, before moving to Federal Marine, and then Oceana as marketing director of the Oceana Fishing Division. Neville was appointed managing director of Oceana Lobster and Calamari Fishing in 2005 and assumed the position of managing director of Blue Continent Products from 1 February 2011.

8. Jayesh Jaga (46)

Managing DirectorOceana Lobster and Squid

BA LLB (University of Western Cape)

Number of years' service – 14

Jayesh has been employed within the Oceana Group for the past 14 years and has held various managerial positions namely that of Commercial Manager for BCP, Commercial Director for Lobster and Squid and International New Business Manager for Lucky Star. His most recent position was that of Group Compliance and Risk Manager. He has experience and knowledge in the fishing industry through his portfolios in commercial, legal, new business development, compliance, and risk.

9. Naudé Rademan (38)

Managing directorCCS Logistics

Number of years' service – 2

Naudé has been working in the Logistics and Supply Chain industry for the last 12 years, he was previously the General Manager of Value Logistics, responsible for the Western Cape and Namibian operations. Prior to this, he was the General Manager at Vector Logistics, responsible for the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Namibian operations. A position he held for 5 years. He holds an Economic and Logistics Degree from the University of Stellenbosch. He joined Oceana on 3 November 2014.

USA Operations

10. Gavin Andrew Rhodes‑Harrison (63)

PresidentDaybrook Fisheries

BSc Bldg Mgmt (UND)

Number of years' service – 16

On graduation, Gavin held various managerial and senior leadership positions in project management, specialised engineering and construction and general management. Gavin joined the Oceana Fishing Division in 1999 and was appointed managing director of Oceana Operations in 2002 and of Lucky Star in 2005.